‘Jack, that’s very expensive.’ I took her hands in mine. ‘This week I want to celebrate you coming back to me from Richmond. Next week I want ...o take you out for a Christmas celebration and then on Christmas Eve, I’d like to get a baby sitter for the kids and take you and Linda out for a special meal before we go to Midnight Service.’ ‘Did you think Rebecca and I were moving back home?’ ‘No, but I still want to celebrate.’ ‘Okay, but I don’t want to have another fancy dinner next Friday night.’. Away from Robert. Robert Stein was a terrible jewelry designer and a worse human being, but he was an amazing businessman. Though he was an awful jeweler he could find gems thought to be lost; for this he was paid handsomely by various employers.One of these employers was her own father. Robert imported various gems for the Thermopolis Jewelry Company and at times accompanied Mia on business dinners and gallery openings with potential customers that intended on importing gems. Mia wasn't sure. "I nodded and then held up my grocery bags. "Gotta drop this stuff off."Andie rubbed my arm and then snatched a bag from my fingers. "Let me help you." Me, too!" Me, too!"Within seconds, my arms were empty. The girls individually may not have been as strong as me, but like a multitude of ants they swarmed over me and Sasha and not only extracted all of the grocery bags, but also put everything away. Hell, by now the girls knew my kitchen better than I did. Come to think of it, they knew the. The steam rolls out of the stall, creeping over the mirror with smoky tentacles. That’s what I need. I strip off my tank and panties and step in to the shower. Just as I’m leaning my head back and soaking my hair it occurs to me that I didn’t get a towel. I slide the door open to check the towel rack, but there’s nothing there. Damn.“Honey!” I call out. “I forgot to grab a towel, will you bring me one?”Your smiling face appears next to the open shower door. “I’d be happy to, babe, but it’s.